Apple M1 8-Core GPU vs Radeon 8060S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8060S and M1 8-Core GPU, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8060S
2025
55 Watt
40.18
+234%

8060S outperforms M1 8-Core GPU by a whopping 234% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking101423
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency58.98no data
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)no data
GPU code nameStrix Halono data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)10 November 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25608
Core clock speed1295 MHz1278 MHz
Boost clock speed2900 MHzno data
Number of transistors34,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Wattno data
Texture fill rate464.0no data
Floating-point processing power14.85 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs160no data
Ray Tracing Cores40no data
L2 Cache8 MBno data
L3 Cache64 MBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Radeon 8060S 40.18
+234%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 12.03

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Radeon 8060S 581927
+108%
Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD112
+300%
28
−300%
1440p59
+269%
16−18
−269%
4K36
+260%
10−12
−260%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 230−240
+222%
70−75
−222%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+274%
27−30
−274%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−110
+343%
21−24
−343%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 140−150
+150%
55−60
−150%
Counter-Strike 2 215
+199%
70−75
−199%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+274%
27−30
−274%
Far Cry 5 114
+171%
40−45
−171%
Fortnite 180−190
+144%
75−80
−144%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+206%
50−55
−206%
Forza Horizon 5 201
+403%
40−45
−403%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−110
+343%
21−24
−343%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+247%
45−50
−247%
Valorant 240−250
+117%
110−120
−117%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 140−150
+150%
55−60
−150%
Counter-Strike 2 109
+51.4%
70−75
−51.4%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+54.4%
180−190
−54.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+274%
27−30
−274%
Far Cry 5 108
+157%
40−45
−157%
Fortnite 180−190
+144%
75−80
−144%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+206%
50−55
−206%
Forza Horizon 5 182
+355%
40−45
−355%
Grand Theft Auto V 132
+169%
45−50
−169%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−110
+343%
21−24
−343%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+285%
27−30
−285%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+247%
45−50
−247%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 200
+488%
30−35
−488%
Valorant 240−250
+117%
110−120
−117%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 140−150
+150%
55−60
−150%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+274%
27−30
−274%
Far Cry 5 100
+138%
40−45
−138%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+206%
50−55
−206%
Hogwarts Legacy 100−110
+343%
21−24
−343%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+247%
45−50
−247%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 118
+247%
30−35
−247%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 180−190
+144%
75−80
−144%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 71
+184%
24−27
−184%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 300−310
+209%
95−100
−209%
Grand Theft Auto V 77
+285%
20−22
−285%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+327%
14−16
−327%
Valorant 270−280
+101%
130−140
−101%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 100−110
+206%
35−40
−206%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+373%
10−12
−373%
Far Cry 5 88
+214%
27−30
−214%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+306%
30−35
−306%
Hogwarts Legacy 50−55
+264%
14−16
−264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
+347%
18−20
−347%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 110−120
+311%
27−30
−311%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 36
+350%
8−9
−350%
Grand Theft Auto V 79
+216%
24−27
−216%
Metro Exodus 40−45
+344%
9−10
−344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+247%
16−18
−247%
Valorant 250−260
+270%
70−75
−270%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 65−70
+283%
18−20
−283%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+500%
4−5
−500%
Far Cry 5 50
+257%
14−16
−257%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+282%
21−24
−282%
Hogwarts Legacy 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 60−65
+417%
12−14
−417%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 55−60
+346%
12−14
−346%

Full HD
High

Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Dota 2 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Valorant 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
High

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

4K
High

Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

4K
Ultra

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Dota 2 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

This is how Radeon 8060S and Apple M1 8-Core GPU compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S is 300% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8060S is 269% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8060S is 260% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 8060S is 500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 8060S performs better in 59 tests (89%)
  • there's a draw in 7 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 40.18 12.03
Recency 6 January 2025 10 November 2020
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm

Radeon 8060S has a 234% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8060S is our recommended choice as it beats the M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

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